Datadog

Sales Revenue Analyst - Boston

Datadog$79K — $116K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 1-3 years of experience in Finance, Sales Operations, Revenue Operations, Incentive Compensation, or Business Analytics in a high-growth SaaS environment.
  • Advanced Excel skills and experience with large datasets; familiarity with Tableau, Metabase, CaptivateIQ, or similar tools is a plus.
  • Strong problem-solving abilities with experience in SaaS economics and deal structuring.
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth environment with shifting priorities.
  • Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills for diverse teams, including C-suite executives.
  • Demonstrated project ownership and cross-functional relationship management.

Responsibilities

  • Oversee the monthly sales commission process for multiple segments, ensuring accuracy and promptness.
  • Identify process gaps and inefficiencies to enhance day-to-day operations.
  • Analyze compensation outcomes to detect trends and offer actionable insights to leadership.
  • Review financial deal structures to align with compensation policies and revenue recognition.
  • Collaborate with Finance, Sales, Systems, and Strategy to implement compensation plans and initiatives.
  • Optimize compensation systems and reporting using tools like Salesforce and CaptivateIQ.
  • Work with senior leaders to evaluate and implement new sales strategy programs.

Benefits

  • Generous and competitive benefits package.
  • New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan.
  • Opportunities for continuous career development and training.
  • In-depth product training to understand the offerings better.
  • Friendly and inclusive workplace culture.
Full Job Description
In this role, you will gain hands-on experience managing commission processes at scale while collaborating cross-functionally with Finance, Sales, Strategy, and Operations. This is an excellent opportunity for anyone seeking high visibility, meaningful ownership, and a clear path for growth within a fast-paced SaaS environment.

We are looking for a Sales Revenue Analyst to join us in Boston, MA to support our team in managing global sales team compensation calculations and new business revenue recognition.

At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them.

What You'll Do:
  • Own the monthly sales commission process across multiple sales segments, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and operational excellence
  • Improve day-to-day operations by identifying process gaps, fixing inefficiencies, and building practical tracking for new initiatives as the business grows
  • Analyze compensation results to identify trends, surface risks, and provide actionable insights to leadership
  • Review deal structures and financial terms to ensure alignment with compensation policies and revenue recognition requirements
  • Partner cross-functionally with Finance, Sales, Systems and Strategy to support compensation plan execution and business initiatives
  • Maintain and optimize compensation systems, reporting and dashboarding by leveraging tools such as Salesforce and CaptivateIQ to elevate sales performance visibility, improve data integrity, and enhance the overall experience for sales teams and cross-functional stakeholders
  • Partner closely with Datadog's most senior leaders to evaluate, design, and operationalize new sales strategy programs


Who You Are:
  • 1-3 years of experience in Finance, Sales Operations, Revenue Operations, Incentive Compensation, or Business Analytics - ideally within a high-growth SaaS and/or multi-national public company
  • Highly analytical with advanced Excel skills and experience working with large datasets; familiarity with Tableau, Metabase, CaptivateIQ (or similar compensation software), and other BI tools is a plus
  • A strong problem solver who can recognize patterns and translate data into insights; prior exposure to SaaS economics, deal structuring, or MRR business models is highly valued
  • Comfortable operating and thinking in a fast-paced, high-growth environment with shifting priorities
  • Excellent interpersonal skills with experience presenting to teams of various functions and levels, including C-suite executives
  • Demonstrated project ownership and delivery - ability to manage cross-functional relationships, coordinate priorities, and drive projects forward across teams and stakeholders


Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. That's okay. If you're passionate about technology and want to grow your skills, we encourage you to apply.

Benefits and Growth:
  • Generous and competitive benefits package
  • New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan
  • Continuous career development and pathing opportunities
  • Product training to develop an in-depth understanding of our product and space
  • Friendly and inclusive workplace culture


Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog.

#LI-Hybrid

Datadog offers a competitive salary and equity package, and may include variable compensation. Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Datadog offers a wide range of best in class, comprehensive and inclusive employee benefits for this role including healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, fitness reimbursements, and a discounted employee stock purchase plan.

The reasonably estimated yearly salary for this role at Datadog is:

$79,000-$116,000 USD

About Datadog

Datadog is a monitoring and analytics platform for cloud-scale infrastructure and applications. The company was founded in 2010 by Olivier Pomel and Alexis Lê-Quôc and is headquartered in New York City. Datadog's platform assists organizations in improving agility, increasing efficiency, and providing end-to-end visibility across dynamic or high-scale infrastructures. The company's SaaS-based data analytics platform integrates and automates infrastructure monitoring, application performance monitoring, and log management to provide unified, real-time observability of customers' entire technology stack. Datadog's customers include Airbnb, Twilio, and The Washington Post.
Learn more about Datadog
Size
3,200 employees
Market Cap
$22.5 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$24.5 million
Founded
2010
Revenue
$603.4 million
NASDAQ

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